Dec. 21, 2022
Top Jazz Pianist Hey Rim Jeon Dedicates Latest Album To Her Father (Who Lost His Battle With Cancer)
Jazz pianist, bandleader, and educator Hey Rim joins this episode of Underground Magnolia Podcast (recorded Dec 2022) to talk about her latest album "Groovitude," that's packing a punch on the jazz charts.
Listen in as we discuss:
- Why the album's dedicated to her father
- Standard jazz songs, original music, and Korean songs featured
- Working with Grammy-winning jazz drummer Terri Lyne Carrington
- How famed jazz pianist Oscar Peterson turned her on to jazz while growing up in Seoul, Korea
- Furthering her music interests by attending the prestigious Berklee College of Music and being a professor the famed school.
- Women in jazz beyond singing
For more on Hey Rim Jeon, go to https://www.heyrimjeon.com
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